Changes to glove fingerprinting

[Hikurac]

I see absolutely no reason why stuff like boxing gloves would convey fingerprints. That's just absurd.

The gameplay reason why is so that stealthy antags don't have to wipe down everything with space cleaner to prevent the Det from outing them in an instant. Need to track down gloves as the Det? Deputize a couple assistants by paying them to scan people for their glove ID, baton+cuffs optional.

We're not really gonna argue about realism on Goonstation, are we? Also, ↓

If they want to hide their prints, they should wear the appropriate gloves to do so, rather than simply equipping the be-all end-all insulated/boxing gloves.

Insulateds and boxing gloves are few enough that usually there aren't too many people wearing them, so it isn't too hard to scan everyone who has them. If you ask to scan someone and they run away, they are either a shitter or an antag, and should be shot immediately.

It's not a matter of people running away upon being scanned, it's a matter of of scanning 30+ people, and that's without even accounting for people swapping gloves and those who aren't around.

Also, I'd never recommend deputizing assistants. One can barely trust the detective to not be an antag, let alone a handful of greytiders. We had this chat about why people don't want to play sec, when I posted some comments in another thread. Only being able to determine antags based off of the slim chance that they're spotted in the act is definitely one of those reasons. It also doesn't help that most officers don't even know how to use forensics (probably due to it being a largely ineffective endeavor, given the reasons above).

There's no reason for insulated/boxing gloves to have all the advantages with no downsides, as it makes the other gloves completely pointless as well. I'm not even suggesting that they have to perfectly reveal fingerprint codes either. They could show it in an encrypted format just like with latex gloves.